Bill Clinton’s War on Women Through the Years

The issue of sexism has been thrust to the forefront of the 2016 campaign. Donald Trump has inserted into the campaign Hillary’s hypocrisy in touting herself as a champion for women while her husband pursued inappropriate sexual escapades.

Some ask if Bill is “fair game.” But what they may be forgetting is the grave seriousness of the charges and claims of sexual misconduct made against the man who is now campaigning by Hillary’s side. What’s more, Hillary herself has a history plagued with admonishing and attacking her husband’s accusers of sexual harassment and rape.

This September, during a speech at Northern Iowa University, Mrs. Clinton pledged to confront rape and sexual assault on college campuses if elected president. She said, “I want to send a message to all of the survivors … Don’t let anyone silence your voice, you have the right to be heard, the right [to] be believed, and we are with you as you go forward.”

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But at that moment, Hillary was obviously not thinking of the women who raised their voices against her husband.

Of the many women whom Clinton is alleged to have cheated on his wife with, there are four who stand out: Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky. What he has been accused of in each case is either a crime or at the very least inappropriate activity that would result in his immediate dismissal from any normal job in the private sector. And in each case abusive to the very women Hillary says she wants to bolster.

In each case except that of Lewinsky, Clinton has denied the claim.

Juanita Broaddrick

Juanita Broaddrick accused Bill Clinton of rape back in 1999, claiming that she had been assaulted by him in a Little Rock, Arkansas hotel room in 1978 while volunteering for his gubernatorial bid. She also recalled that Hillary sought her out at a campaign fundraiser where she directly warned her to keep her mouth shut. Broaddrick wrote in an open letter to Hillary, “Remember, how you kept a tight grip on my hand and drew closer to me? You repeated your statement, but this time with a coldness and look that I have seen many times on television over the last eight years. You then released your grip and I said nothing and left the gathering.” Broaddrick goes on to say that the situation made her so uncomfortable that she realized she was being warned to keep quiet as Hillary gripped her hand tighter.

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Broaddrick has been an outspoken critic of Hillary’s presidential campaign, especially in regard to her stance on women’s issues. She recently took to Twitter, saying, “I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me and Hillary tried to silence me. I am now 73 … it never goes away.” Broaddrick said in an exclusive radio interview with Aaron Klein, “I think she has always known everything about him … I think they have this evil compact between the two of them that they each know what the other does and overlook it. And go right on. And cover one for the other.”

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Kathleen Willey

Kathleen Willey, a White House volunteer during Bill Clinton’s first presidential term, accused him of sexually assaulting her in the White House. Willey went on to say in a recent radio interview with Aaron Klein, “She is the war on women. I don’t care what anybody says.” Willey has even acknowledged that acts of intimidation were used to silence her as a result of her allegations. She alleged that Hillary led a smear campaign against her and Bill’s other accusers, saying, “She put it all into motion. She was the lead person on that. She was the one in charge of the bimbo eruptions.”

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Paula Jones

Paula Jones sued Bill Clinton in 1994, alleging that he exposed himself to her in an Arkansas hotel room while he was governor—a serious offense and, she says, completely unwanted. Jones said he lured her into a suite at the Excelsior Hotel during a conference when he was governor and she was a state clerk. Clinton denied Jones’s claims, but he paid her attorneys $850,000 in an out-of-court settlement when the plaintiff had only asked for $700,000. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Jones said, “There is no way that she did not know what was going on, that women were being abused and accosted by her husband … they both have lied.”

Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky is the most well-known of all these women because of the significant media attention her story received. While Lewinsky admitted to a consensual relationship with Bill, it was inappropriate by any workplace standard. Lewinsky served as a 22-year-old unpaid intern in the Clinton White House when her sexual relationship with Bill began. Bill, who was 49, eventually admitted that his relationship with Lewinsky was inappropriate.

‘The way he was flirting with me was inappropriate.’

In a rare interview with TIME Lewinsky said: “It was definitely inappropriate. And the way he was flirting with me was inappropriate. So, I think, was the eye contact. And the way he looks at women he’s attracted to. He undresses you with his eyes. And it is slow, from the bottom of your toes to the top of your head back down to your toes again. And it’s an intense look. He loses his smile. His sexual energy kind of comes over his eyes, and it’s very animalistic. And if you’re someone who is comfortable with your sensuality, you’re in touch with that, you’re receptive to it if you find that person attractive.”

While she admitted that her relationship was consensual, she also recognized and stated that her boss indeed took advantage of her.

Hillary Says Nothing

These four women spoke out against Bill for his alleged and admitted inappropriate sexual actions, yet Hillary didn’t support them. Rather, she is accused of publicly humiliating them and trying to destroy their reputations — and seeking to silence them all.

These serious allegations against her husband are fair game on the campaign trail, and various women at campaign events have asked Hillary about her thoughts on her husband’s accusers. Yet, Hillary has shown a pattern of trying to silence them as well.

During a December campaign event in New Hampshire, a woman in the crowd pointed to Hillary’s comments on how all rape victims should be believed and then asked, “Would you say that about Juanita Broaddrick, Paula Jones, and Kathleen Willey?”  In response, Hillary said, “I would say that everybody should be believed at first until they are disbelieved based on evidence.”

But there is no evidence disproving the allegations of Broaddrick, Jones, or Willey.

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Hillary was asked again at another New Hampshire town hall meeting in January about her husband’s sexual misconduct, this time by a rape survivor herself. Katherine Prudhomme-O’Brien, a New Hampshire State Representative, attended the meeting and intended to get her questions answered by Hillary. Instead, Hillary singled out Rep. Prudhomme-O’Brien, saying, “You are very rude and I’m not ever going to call on you.” Is this how Hillary treats women who ask her questions about her husband’s inappropriate behavior—does she seek to silence all women who challenge her?

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‘I Had to Ask Her’

In an exclusive interview with LifeZette, Prudhomme-O’Brien said, “I had to ask her those questions. She was clearly obfuscating, and she was avoiding it because it’s true. I expected to be arrested, and I didn’t care that I was being inconvenient or impolite. I’ve been silenced by secret service at her events before for holding a “Hillary is the war on women” sign. Hillary’s campaign spins this to make it seem like these women were involved in consensual relationships — but it’s not, it’s sexual misconduct I’m asking and talking about.”

In addition, Prudhomme-O’Brien said: “People have told me that I have ruined my political career over this incident, but I don’t care. I care more about the victims of rape and sexual assault than I do about my own political career—that’s what makes Hillary Clinton and I the complete opposite.”

On the campaign trail Hillary has no problem going out of her way to shame the Republican candidates, calling them “terrorists” for their views on women’s health issues and for their role in perpetrating the “so-called” war on women. Ironically, Hillary cast similar rhetoric toward her husband’s accusers. In an interview, Kathleen Willey said: “Bimbo eruption came out of Hillary’s mouth. And (former Clinton aide) Betsey Wright’s mouth. And she called Monica a narcissistic looney toon.  And she called Paula Jones ‘If you drag a hundred dollars to the trailer park.’ And she called Gennifer Flowers a slut.  On and on and on.  So who’s calling women names?”

Some might conclude the only war on women being waged is coming directly from the woman who falsely claims to be the champion of women everywhere.

Hillary has sought to make her and Bill out to be the victims in each scandal that has plagued them, while ignoring the voices of the accusers. But the only victims here are the ones who have suffered at the hand of the Clinton machine—their reputations damaged and their credibility attacked along the way.